Nothing gets in the way of a baby emperor penguin getting into the water, not even a huge ice cliff. The courage some chicks ...

But how they survived remains a mystery. The iceberg could be around 15m (49ft) tall, meaning the penguins could not climb it ...

Having endured many close-calls and near fatalities, the surviving emperor penguin chicks now need to cling on to the remaining sea ice until December when they will be strong enough to swim away.

The emperor is the largest living penguin species standing around 115cm tall. Once they have found a partner they usually mate for life and work together to keep their young fed and safe. They might ...

For Antarctica’s emperor penguins, ‘there is no time left’ For Antarctica’s emperor penguins, ‘there is no time left’ As ice melts, emperor penguins march toward extinction As ice ...

Like polar bears on the opposite pole, emperor penguins endure unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter. If their ...

Pesto the king penguin chick has waddled his way into the hearts of TikTok users and aquarium goers alike at a whopping 49 ...

According to a peer-reviewed British Antarctic Survey report released late last week, the melting of sea ice might have caused the death of some 10,000 Emperor penguin chicks by the end of 2022.

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice in late 2023 resulted in breeding failures in a fifth of the continent’s emperor penguin colonies, according to a new study from the British Antarctic ...